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Paterikon – The Book of had made up to then, dissipated as if it
never existed. What eventually lifted
Our Spiritual Fathers him out of this misery was an intrinsic
Alina Victoria Paraschiv, Bucharest need to be saved. So he turned to the
heavens and asked: ‘My Lord, what
shall I do?’ The stepping outside of his
One day while living in the desert,
dwelling can be interpreted as a
troubling thoughts upset Saint
symbolic gest of taking the decision to
Anthony. He decided to pray to God,
seek help for the hopeless situation he
and he said: ‘My Lord, I want to save
was in. Outside he received a message
my soul but troubling thoughts will not
from God through an angel. The
let me be. What shall I do? How can I
answer to his problem was within him,
be saved?’
because he has lived it before. He just
Stepping outside, he saw a man of great needed someone to point it out for him.
likeness to himself alternatively
We are often overwhelmed by Freedom and love are
working and praying as Saint Anthony
oversight and desperation, and we must simple words. They are
himself used to do. This man was an
understand that these are temptations not simply actions. True
angel of God sent to him to show him
and we should treat them as such. With freedom means
the way and to strengthen his faith. He
God’s grace, all we need to do is what something much more
heard the angel saying: ‘Do as I do and and different from a me
we already know that we must do:
you will be saved’ When Saint first kind of individualism.
work and pray. The dissatisfaction that
Anthony heard this, he felt happy and Genuine love
we sometimes feel is a temptation
full of hope. consistently requires
trying to throw us off God’s way.
some very hard
This story is found in the book named [English version by dr. Simona Eracovici] decisions. Community
Paterikon (The Book of Our Spiritual neither comes naturally
Fathers) written in the 4th century AD, The prayer nor is purchased
in Egypt. The Paterikon is not a book cheaply. (M. Scott Peck,
exclusively addressed to monks, even of St Ephraim of Syria The Different Drum:
though they are the main characters in Community-Making and
it. It is a book for everyone, offering Recited mostly during the Great Lent, the Peace, Arrow Books,
spiritual advice and great insight into prayer could be a proper guide for the 1990, p. 21).
the solitary lives of many generations fast of the mind, which takes the whole
of monks, devoted followers of Jesus life of a Christian.
Christ. Within this book we can also
seek answers to many of our spiritual Lord and Master of my life,
needs and ways of dealing with Give me not a spirit of idleness,
everyday temptations. meddling, love of power and idle talk.
The story above deals with a situation But grant me, your servant, a spirit of
that we can all relate to at some point soberness, humility, patience and
in our lives. Saint Anthony, an love.
otherwise experienced monk, felt Yes, Lord and King, grant me to see
overwhelmed by an unusual state of my own faults, and not to condemn
laziness, disgust, carelessness and my brother, for blessed are you, to the
melancholy. All the spiritual gain he
ages of ages. Amen.
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